As more Americans struggle with opioid addiction, children are pouring into foster care systems. In Georgia, the number of children in foster care has increased by 80% The Opioid Plague’s Youngest Victims: Children in Foster Care https://t.co/JJcdb2myeU #PassThePeach
It turns out that our child welfare system is a kind of patient zero for the crises overwhelming our other social service organizations.The Opioid Plague’s Youngest Victims: Children in Foster Care https://t.co/JJcdb2myeU #PassThePeach
When someone makes a decision to seek help — yet they are unable to find a provider in the network who doesn’t have a six-month wait or require a two-hour drive each way — they often give up or go out-of-network, resulting in higher costs. #PassThePeach
Many of the nearly 300 people who will die today from drug overdoses and suicides have private insurance plans that failed them. Someone from your family, social group, place of worship, or workplace could very easily fall victim to our broken system https://t.co/xaveVtOtdM
Access to mental health, eating disorder, and addiction care is a right. If a health plan denied services, there are ways to fight back. https://t.co/ihYvgbTFhj #PassThePeach
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires health plans cover mental health, eating disorders, and addiction benefits the same way they cover physical health. #PassThePeach
Many of the nearly 300 people who will die today from drug overdoses and suicides, have private insurance plans that failed them. Someone you know could very easily fall victim to our broken system. https://t.co/xaveVtOtdM #PassThePeach
#PassThePeach According to the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices paper "Finding Solutions to the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Road Map for States"
#PassThePeach Recommendations from the 2016 white paper by the Substance Abuse Research Alliance (SARA) of the Georgia Prevention Project and the SARA participants from across Georgia
The Georgia PEACH Act will ensure that behavioral health care is available for our children struggling with self-harming behaviors and thoughts of suicide #PassThePeach
The Georgia PEACH Act will ensure that behavioral health care is available for individuals and families struggling with addiction and the opioid epidemic #PassThePeach